Continuous manifold stationery



g- 1937' A.'R. M cFARLAND 2,089Q128 CONTINUOUS MANIFOLD STATIONERY FiledSept. 25, 1955s 2 Sheets-Sheet l QQIZ DON O0.

Aug. 3, 1937.

A. R. MacFARLAND 2,089,128

CONTINUOUS MANIFOLD STATIONERY Filed Sept. 25, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2MLMN LI record forms. The continuous web B may be divided up into nectedto a single continuous strip of record weakening l9 in register with thelines I 2 of the 20 bodiments in the accompanying drawings, in in theforms in a packet of stationery on the which connected to a continuousstrip of record slips; zig-zag folded to form a pack 20 and it will 30Patented Aug. I 3, 1937 i V v I 2,089,128

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTINUOUS MANIFOLD STATIONERY Adrian R.MacFarland, Chicago, Ill., assignor to United Autographic Register 00.,Chicago, 111.,

a corporation of Illinois Application September 25, 1936, Serial No.102,579

4 Claims. 1 (Cl. 282-12) This invention relates particularly to continu-.tachable strips ll provided with lines of weakous manifold stationeryadapted for use in typeening 12. The packets are provided withtranswriters or other manifold machines having a cyfer slips I3 whoseupper marginal portions are 1ind ica1 platen, bound in with the marginalstrips H by means The primary object of the invention is to pro-' ofadhesive or otherwise. Preferably the trans- 5 vide an improvedcontinuous strip of individual fer slips are of less length than therecord slips packets of stationery which may be fed around and are boundso that the edges opposite the a cylindrical platen, for example, butwill not bound edges are spaced inwardly from the free permitthe'creepage between slips in one setofedges of therecord slips ID, asindicated at' ll. packets from being passed on, and aggrevated Ifdesired, the binding strips ll may be provided in,'the next packet.Asthe packets are connected with register perforations l5 for use inassemby single thickness of stationery it is necessary bling the web andlater securing the packet in to provide individual transfer slipsbetween the a suitable holder.

The packets of the character used in the presslips l6 by means oftransverse lines of weakenent invention may be formed as shown in Petersing l1 and may be provided with suitable reg- Patent No. 1,947,139,issued February 13, 1934. ister perforations l8 which will be alignedwith The packets may be connected together by means the perforations Ifdesired, the slips l6 may of an attaching flap or the packets may beconbe further provided with a transverse line of slips. packets A.-Thus, after -a set of forms has been The present invention is acontinuation in part. filled in and separated along lines H, the recordof my application Serial No. 7420, filed February slips l0 and I6 may bedetached from the carbon 20, 1935. and binding strips by separationalong the lines The invention is illustrated in preferred em- I2 and IS.The usual practice is to partially fill typewriter and then detach thepacket and send Fig. 1 is a broken plan view, partly in perspecit on toother departments for further notations. tive, showing a plurality ofpackets of stationery As shown in Fig. 5, the stationery may be Fig. 2is a broken plan view partly in perspective be understood that the webmay be fed around showing a plurality of packets interconnected by acylindrical platen 2| equipped with the usual means of an attaching flapformed integrally with presser rolls 22 without having the creepage thebottom record slipand glued to the binding passed on from one packet toanother as'occurs strip at the upper margin of the next packet; when theslips are connected at each end to form Fig. 3 is a side elevationalview of the stationery superposed continuous strips. When each packetshown in Fig. -2; Fig. 4 isa side elevational view contains a largenumber of forms, the creepage of the stationery shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 5,a-diawill be greater and in some cases it may be degrammatic sideelevational view showing-how the sirable to provide a small amount ofspace bestationery may be fed around a cylindrical platen tween thepackets to prevent interference. v roll of a typewriter; Fig. 6 is abottom plan view In the modification shown in Figs. 2 and 3, inshowing amodified form of connection between stead of mounting the packets on thecontinuous the stationery packets; Fig. 7, another modified strip ofrecord slips, the bottom record slip 23 connection between the packetsFig. 8, a top is provided with an attaching flap 24 which is plan viewof a further modification wherein regpasted onto the top of the nextsucceeding bindister perforations are provided in the attaching ingstrip 25. The attaching flap is provided with flap; and Fig. 9, a planview of a further modia line of weakening 26 so that after a writingfication in which register perforations are prooperation the packet maybe severed along that vided in the marginal portions of the connectingline. a continuous strip of slips. In making this form of stationery theindi- In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 and vidual packets arebrought into proper align- 4, packetsA are interconnected by means of anment, their pasting flaps moistened with glue and underlying continuousstrip B. .The packets A connected to the next succeeding packet by meansare formed of a plurality of record-strips ID of an automatic machine.Ithas been found that which may be bound together by means of debylapping the packets together in stepped relation, shown in Fig. 3, or byhaving them in horizontal alignment as shown in Fig. 4, the stationerywill feed readily around a platen of a typewriter without becomingcaught in the typewriter mechanism'.

In the form shown in Fig. 6 packets 25 are interconnected by means oftwo paper runners 26. This form of connection, however, does not permitthe stepped relation which is desirable for the reasons discussed above.In theform shown in Fig. 7 packets 21 are interconnected by tabs 28. p g

In the form shown in Fig. 8 a continuous strip of record slips 29 isadvanced on a belt provided with impaling pins 30. The binding strips 3|of the packets are provided. with V-shaped cutout portions 32 whichengage the pins 30 and properly position the packet during the pastingoperation.

The stationery shown in Fig. 9 is similar, to that shown in Fig. 1except that the continuous strip .of record slips 33 extends laterallybeyond the superposed slips 34 and is provided in its marginal portionswith register perforations 35. v

The foregoing detailed description is given for olearness ofunderstanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understoodtherefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly aspermissible in view of the prior art.

I claim 1. A manifold web comprising: a. continuous record strip dividedinto equal sections by trans verse lines of weakening; and a pack ofrecord slips and interleaved transfer slips superposed on each of saidsections of said continuous strip and permanently bound thereto betweenthe lines of weakening.

2. A stationery web comprising: a plurality of individual adjacentpackets of manifold stationery connected end-to-end by means ofattaching flaps; each of said packets comprising a plurality ofsuperposed record slips and interleaved carbon slips interconnected attheir advanceends by means of a binding strip, said attaching flaps .endin the form of a paper flap formed integrally with one of the recordsheets and pasted to the marginal portion of the next packet so that thepackets may be separated after a writing operation by tearing said flap.

4. In a manifold web, a plurality of individual adjacent packets ofmanifolding stationery, each of said packets comprising a plurality ofrecord sheets and interleaved carbon sheets bound together at onemarginal edge, said packets being connected by a single thickness ofpaper at each end in the-form of an integrally formed extension of thebottom recordsheet which is pasted to the top marginal portion of thenext succeeding packet so that the packets may be separated after awriting operation by tearing said extension.

ADRIAN R. MAoFARLAND.

